❓ Hon Ben Dawkins questions the Attorney General regarding funding to Living Proud and the implications of the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Amendment (Sex or Gender Changes) Bill 2024 on birth certificate amendments. The Attorney General clarifies the media statement date and confirms the bill allows for sex or gender changes on birth certificates.
AnsweredQoN 495Legislative Council
Asked
15 May 2024
Member
Portfolio
parliamentary secretary representing the Attorney General
QuestionView source ↗
BIRTHS, DEATHS AND
MARRIAGES REGISTRATION AMENDMENT(SEX OR GENDER CHANGES) BILL 2024
495. Hon BEN DAWKINS to the parliamentary secretary
representing the Attorney General:
I
refer to the WA government media statement of 23 February 2024 and the glossary
from the Living Proud website , which provides a very different
definition of gender than the definition provided for sex, the first being
based more around lifestyle and the latter more around biology at birth,
meaning that sex and gender are two completely different things.
(1) Can the
Attorney General advise how much of the $900 000 funding referred to in the
media statement was received by Living Proud?
(2) Noting that the Births, Deaths and Marriages
Registration Amendment (Sex or Gender Changes) Bill 2024 provides the
option of having only one's sex changed on one's birth
certificate, can the Attorney General confirm
that under the new regime, a person wishing to change their gender will be
forced to change their sex on their birth certificate, as there is only
one field on the birth certificate that they will be allowed to change?
MARRIAGES REGISTRATION AMENDMENT(SEX OR GENDER CHANGES) BILL 2024
495. Hon BEN DAWKINS to the parliamentary secretary
representing the Attorney General:
I
refer to the WA government media statement of 23 February 2024 and the glossary
from the Living Proud website , which provides a very different
definition of gender than the definition provided for sex, the first being
based more around lifestyle and the latter more around biology at birth,
meaning that sex and gender are two completely different things.
(1) Can the
Attorney General advise how much of the $900 000 funding referred to in the
media statement was received by Living Proud?
(2) Noting that the Births, Deaths and Marriages
Registration Amendment (Sex or Gender Changes) Bill 2024 provides the
option of having only one's sex changed on one's birth
certificate, can the Attorney General confirm
that under the new regime, a person wishing to change their gender will be
forced to change their sex on their birth certificate, as there is only
one field on the birth certificate that they will be allowed to change?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member for some notice
of the question.
(1) The Attorney General did not
release a media statement on this topic on 23 February 2024.
(2) The Births,
Deaths and Marriages Registration Amendment (Sex or Gender Changes) Bill 2024,
if passed, will allow a person to apply to the registrar to change their sex or
gender on their birth certificate, bringing WA into line with all other states
and territories.
of the question.
(1) The Attorney General did not
release a media statement on this topic on 23 February 2024.
(2) The Births,
Deaths and Marriages Registration Amendment (Sex or Gender Changes) Bill 2024,
if passed, will allow a person to apply to the registrar to change their sex or
gender on their birth certificate, bringing WA into line with all other states
and territories.
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